[wellylug] Staircase effect in vim...

[Ewen McNeill]

In message <4033AC1E.1000809 at mclean.net.nz>, Grant McLean writes:
>Cameron Hart wrote:
>>> But then you have to forsake lovely autoindent!  :)
>> 
>> Try using vim's paste mode. In vim type
>> :set paste
>
>Unfortunately, the original poster was using vim via an ssh connection. 
>In this case, paste is handled by putty firing the clipboard data 
>across as if it had been typed.  Vim would have no way to distinguish 
>between pasted text and typed text.  Your tip is good for gvim though.
>
>In this case I'd recommend:
>
>:set noai
>paste
>:set ai

:set paste 

disables ai, amongst other things.